Their Green Thumbs
Mom’s Yard
Small chartreuse leaves
kiss camel rocks, swaying
as breeze walks by.
Brodnax Plantings
Magenta petunias,
half-moon cuts on their bodies-
white tail, swishing jaws.
Grandma Savage’s Garden
Ivory magnolia
petals float to chestnut
mulch, roots wrapping.
Hunter Blackwell
Hunter Blackwell currently resides in Virginia. Her previous work has appeared in Rose Quartz Magazine, The Write Launch, Barren Magazine, Twist in Time Magazine, Crêpe & Penn and others. She is a graduate of the College of William and Mary. She’s a Black and Native bisexual writer. She is a novice crockpot user and novice cosplayer.
Find her on Twitter @hun_blackwell or her website: hunterblackwell.wordpress.com